Bet you haven't seen this! 3wd c1

[common rock crawler]

What kind of diff are you using?


Also where did you find your pulleys for the rear drive wheel? Thanks CRC

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[avanord]

Originally Posted by common rock crawler

What kind of diff are you using?

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It is a revo diff. They are nice and compact. Also met the gearing requirements. As long as i did my math correctly it should have a slight overdrive in the front.


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[avanord]

Originally Posted by common rock crawler

Also one more question where did you find your pulleys for the rear drive wheel? Thanks CRC

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Several places, but purchased them off of amazon as it was the cheapest.


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[avanord]

Originally Posted by common rock crawler

Any updates?

Currently on pause while I wait on parts and get over a bad cold. Progress will be coming shortly.


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[avanord]

So I am officially off of pause because I was tires of waiting on other people and decided to just do it myself.


I spent the evening turning down 1/4 rod to 6mm with my drill press. Then drilled a through hole in the bearing seat of the ring gear. The rubber bands were to see how it worked. And it lives.



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[gsrcivic]

I must say this is different...a clever idea also cause u should never have to worry about hitting a gate with the rear wheel

[avanord]

Since the mechanical side of this build is coming along/nearly done. I felt it was time to begin the body. It is really hard to find detailed pictures of this truck. Here is what I was able to find.

I took the pictures and began to draw out the base of the cab onto cardstock. Soon I had the majority of the cab.



I transferred that pattern over to the wood that I will be using. I like wood as opposed to styrene for two reasons. 1 because not many people use it. Making it different. 2 it has held up incredibly well for me in the past. Styrene tends to break.

This truck will be a competition truck. It will roll. It will also drag the rear bed corners on just about everything. So durability is key.

Anyway... I transferred over the patter and cut out both sides of the cab and matched them up the best I could.

After cleaning everything up I made another Template for the rear of the cab. I cut that as well.

I glued on supports for my glue connections in the corners and hooked them together.

Not too bad for one evening.


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[avanord]

A few more progress shots.

These shots show what it looks like when I am starting with the tough shape.




Then with a little sanding and shaping everything tends to make a little more sense.



I am not sure if others use this method or not, but I like to build it rough and sand to shape. That way I get what I want in the end and I don't have to stress over every little cut during the building process.


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[avanord]

More progress. I was able to make fenders out of 4in pvc connectors.



Next I sanded everything in as close as possible without adding any putty. I think it is time to start on the bed.



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[avanord]

Spent a. If chunk of the weekend so far working on the bed.

Started with the bed floor.

Next I put on the bed side for the drivers side.



Then I filled in the rest. I even included the side load tailgate. It will open and close as soon as I put some more thought into how to make that happen.



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[avanord]

Originally Posted by tuanies

That looks awesome. I vote you make a second one in reverse and put a Reliant Robin body on it

Thanks. Let's wait and see how this one works first. Haha.


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[Statenheimer]

This is awesome. Looking great so far.

[avanord]

Originally Posted by Statenheimer

This is awesome. Looking great so far.

Thanks man.


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[badhoopty]

i dig it. i bet it floats.

[avanord]

Originally Posted by badhoopty

i dig it. i bet it floats.

Thanks man. Your the second person who has said that. Not sure this truck will ever see that much water, but who knows.


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[JatoTheRipper]

This is really cool! Nice job.

[C*H*U*D]

5 stars from me for originality

And awesome job so far...it's looking great!

[crashradius]

I would have never thought of using wood on trucks what a great idea. Built many aircraft and boats over the years mainly from wood. Genius man. And doing a Trivan what a build. Awesome job.
Crash

[Highmark]

Super cool! Can't wait to see how it runs

[avanord]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

This is really cool! Nice job.

Thanks man. I am attempting to end up as scale as possible. Obviously I took liberties on sizing and spacing to accommodate the difficulty of making a 3wd rig, but it should end up fairly close.

Originally Posted by C*H*U*D

5 stars from me for originality

And awesome job so far...it's looking great!

Thanks man, I have seen many of your builds I appreciate the response. I try hard to be original. I don't like to be confined in the box.

Originally Posted by crashradius

I would have never thought of using wood on trucks what a great idea. Built many aircraft and boats over the years mainly from wood. Genius man. And doing a Trivan what a build. Awesome job.
Crash

Thanks man. I had no idea what a Trivan was, I was just looking for weird trucks on the old interwebs and came across this gem. I decided, hey I think I can do this and it sparked from there. There have been multiple people in the past that have used wood for bodies I am definitely no originator. Look up Headquake. His stuff is way out of my league. I like wood because it is cheap and easy to work with.

Originally Posted by Highmark

Super cool! Can't wait to see how it runs

Thanks man. I have seen many of your builds as well. I have had it running, but I need to build a tensioner system next. I have been waiting patiently on my 4.19 KLR's to come for this bad boy so that I don't have to glue and re glue. If I build the tensioner It will motivate me to actually drive it more and I am not ready for that. All in due time. For now more body work awaits.

My goal is to have this truck done and up and running for my next local comp on the 7t of may.